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19-03-2025
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Marietta City School District approves use of AI weapons detectors
Pass-through weapons detectors were approved by the Marietta City School Board Tuesday night. The same pass-through detectors we've seen installed in Atlanta Public Schools middle and high schools, as well as at Gwinnett County High School football games, are making their way to Marietta City schools. Evolv Technology uses artificial intelligence and advanced sensors to tell the difference between weapons and everyday items. It passed unopposed by Marietta City school board members Tuesday night. 'What we will do this spring is do some test runs and we will implement it across all four campuses August 1st first next year,' MCS Superintendent Grant Rivera told Channel 2′s Candace McCowan. The district said pass-through detectors are their latest layer of security. They've already added more School Resource Officers and previously rolled out an AI weapons detection system that uses computer software with existing cameras to spot anyone with a visible weapon. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] With Tuesday's vote, the district says with $550,000 in state school safety funds, students can now plan on passing through Evolv detectors each day. The technology will be used at Marietta High School, Marietta Middle School, Marietta Sixth Grade Academy, and the Woods-Wilkins Campus. 'Evolv is important to us because we believe we can get students through the doors as fast as possible. The last thing we want is to put a security measure in place then have students that are late to class,' Rivera said. Some parents are cautious. 'It took me a minute to wrap my brain around it,' Jenny Storino who has a student in middle and high school within Marietta City Schools said. 'Some people feel more safe that way. It puts me in a different position and mindset than necessarily what I'm used to at a school.' Other parents said it was time. 'We want them to be able to go to school protected and come home,' parent Arsenio Young said. TRENDING STORIES: North GA volunteer firefighter arrested for sharing photos of twins' death scene on social media State orders GA church daycare to shut down after director, 2 workers arrested 53 arrested, kilos of meth and fentanyl seized in Gwinnett County 'Operation One Star' [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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30-01-2025
- General
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Soldier on Army helicopter in deadly DC crash graduated from Gwinnett County high school
One of those soldiers on board a military helicopter when it crashed into a commercial plane in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night is a graduate of a Gwinnett County High School. The Parkview High School JROTC confirmed that Ryan O'Hara, who graduated from the school in 2014, was the Crew Chief on board the Black Hawk helicopter. 'Ryan is fondly remembered as a guy who would fix things around the ROTC gym as well as a vital member of the Rifle Team. Ryan leaves behind a wife and 1-year-old son,' they wrote in a statement. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Three soldiers were on the helicopter conducting a training flight while 64 passengers and crew members were on American Airlines Flight 5342, operated by PSA Airlines. On Thursday morning, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed that the soldiers were completing an annual proficiency training flight. 'It was a fairly experienced crew that was doing an annual required night evaluation,' and 'they did have night vision goggles,' Hegseth said. RELATED STORIES: Helicopter, plane collide: Officials say there are no survivors (live updates) Army helicopter, plane crash: What we know about the victims Army helicopter, plane crash: See impact caught on video, hear air traffic control (graphic warning) President Donald Trump confirmed the NTSB, the U.S. military and other federal agencies would do a comprehensive investigation into the crash to 'figure out exactly what happened.' Within about 12 hours after the crash, at least 28 bodies were pulled from the Potomac River. Several members of the U.S. Figure Skating Association were on board the flight, the organization confirmed. The skaters were from the Skating Club of Boston and included the skaters, coaches and family members who were at a development camp after the U.S. Figure Skating Championship. Many of the victims' identities have not yet been released. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
